A19 crash in South Tyneside on 5 September 2020 at 13:54 involving a Saab 9-5
A Saab 9-5, a Nissan Micra and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A19 in South Tyneside at 13:54 on Saturday 5 September 2020. The 22-year-old male driver of the Nissan Micra and the 23-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Sep 2020
- Saturday, 13:54
- Vehicles
- 3
- Saab 9-5 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.96937, longitude -1.47495, in the NE32 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bede, South Tyneside, NE32 4JT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Tyneside
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020100978613
- Council area
- South Tyneside
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 19
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 March 2004.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A19 in South Tyneside, 6 March 2004
4 m awayRef 2004100189304
Slight
Yamaha FZ6 crash on the A19 in South Tyneside, 14 November 2017
11 m awayRef 2017100240690
Slight
Isuzu crash on the A19 in South Tyneside, 11 February 2004
13 m awayRef 2004100116804
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A19 in South Tyneside, 15 April 2024
16 m awayRef 2024101431844
Serious
Car crash on the A1 in South Tyneside, 22 October 1988
18 m awayRef 198810E215388
Slight
HGV crash on the A19 in South Tyneside, 11 October 2007
20 m awayRef 2007100727607
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Saab 9-5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,240 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault Megane)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2020100978613 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Tyneside road accident statistics for 2020.